Vancouver Canucks vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 14, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 2–1 on Wednesday, October 14, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canucks 30–29.
Goals came from Blair MacDonald, Ed Hospodar and Don Maloney.
John Davidson made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 28 of 30.
Scoring
2nd period
Blair MacDonald (3)Ivan Hlinka (3)1–010:55 VAN
3rd period
Ed Hospodar (1)Mike Allison (2), Don Maloney (1)1–104:42 NYR
Don Maloney (1)Eddie Johnstone (2), Mike Allison (3)1–218:11 NYR
Team stats
VANNYR
2930
0%0%
0/50/3
1014
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:09 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 8:43 into the first period
Ron Delorme · interference2 min - 12:22 into the first periodMark Pavelich · interference2 min
- 13:46 into the first periodJohn Davidson · cross checking2 min
- 15:12 into the first periodCurt Fraser · slashing2 min
- 3:16 into the second periodColin Campbell · holding2 min
- 8:44 into the second periodEd Hospodar · roughing2 min
- 10:24 into the second periodDave Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 10:24 into the second periodDave Williams · slashing2 min
- 9:17 into the third periodEd Hospodar · elbowing2 min
- 12:37 into the third periodEd Hospodar · roughing2 min
- 12:37 into the third periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Ivan HlinkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Marc CrawfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 30 | 2 | .933 |
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |